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Bringing Ben Home
- A Murder, a Conviction, and the Fight to Redeem American Justice
- De: Barbara Bradley Hagerty
- Narrado por: Barbara Bradley Hagerty
- Duración: 14 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 17
In 1989, Ben Spencer, a twenty-two-year-old Black man from Dallas, was convicted of murdering white businessman Jeffrey Young—a crime he didn’t commit. From the day of his arrest, Spencer insisted that it was “an awful mistake.” The Texas legal system didn’t see it that way. It allowed shoddy police work, paid witnesses, and prosecutorial misconduct to convict Spencer of murder, and it ignored later efforts to correct this error. The state’s bureaucratic intransigence caused Spencer to spend more than half his life in prison.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very well written and narrated.
- De dom_a_j en 03-19-25
- Bringing Ben Home
- A Murder, a Conviction, and the Fight to Redeem American Justice
- De: Barbara Bradley Hagerty
- Narrado por: Barbara Bradley Hagerty
Profoundly well written, incredible and timely story
Revisado: 11-14-24
Our justice system has been anything but for much of the history of this nation. It is a racist, caste driven system that assumes guilt before innocence unless you’re wealthy and white. The story of Ben Spencer is a story that could describe thousands of American prisoners. This is a story that needs to be heard all over this country. The author did a masterful job of keeping the listener/reader enthralled with the story while not skimping on any of the facts and history of this case and the overall innocence movement. Her experience reporting for NPR was clearly evident in how thorough this book was. Overall, this was one of the best books I’ve read or listened to in years.
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